Bethesda,MD, 18-Dec-12 - The newest release of Freeway, the vanguard drive time analysissoftware from Applied Spatial Technology, Inc., is now available from SpatialInsights, Inc. Freeway is used as a stand-alone application by end-users, andas an embeddable API by developers. The standard 2012 versions for the US andCanada have been updated using the most recent TIGER and Statistics Canadastreet networks, dated August and September, 2012, respectively. The US Premiumversion was created using June 2012 vintage OpenStreetMap data.

Freewayis widely used in site selection to delineate trade areas and to analyzespatial relationships between locations based on drive time, drive distance,and as-the-crow-flies distance. Freeway uses coordinate input data to createdrive time polygons and table matrices of drive times and drive distancesbetween multiple origins and multiple destinations. Users have the flexibility tospecify speed limits by road type.

“Freewayhas been an invaluable tool for our clients that are involved with siteselection, trade area analysis and market potential research. The ability tomodel trade areas based on drive times is a considerable advantage overtraditional radial-ring-based studies that do not account for logistical access”said Don Segal, president of Spatial Insights. “In addition to the stand-alonedrive time software, the Freeway API allows developers to embed the drive timeanalysis functionality within other applications as well as the development offully customized drive time applications.”

Informationabout Freeway, including pricing, is available at the following URL:

AppliedSpatial Technology develops add on tools for Geographic Information Systems.With over 30 years of experience in the GIS world, Applied Spatial Technologyunderstands and builds the tools clients need to deliver more accurate marketresearch. More information can be found at their website at www.appliedspatialtechnology.com.